Train transfer in Spiez, Switzerland 7 minutes

Swiss trains run like clockwork. You should be able to make that connection. Be at the door of the train ready to hop off when it stops at the station.

Although this could turn out to be just a 10-step walk across the platform to the neighboring track, it's possible you'll need to go down a flight of stairs and back up, and that would be more challenging if you have a lot of luggage. It should still be manageable as long as you can carry everything in one trip. The Spiez station has only 5 tracks.

Yes, in a word. Swiss trains are not only on time, the stations are well-organized for quick transfers. Do not dawdle. Be ready, standing by the door with your luggage ready to deboard when the train stops. You can check ahead to find out what track you will arrive on and what track your connection departs from. Go to www.sbb.ch or even get their app for your smartphone. Swiss trains dependably arrive and depart from the same track every day. It's wonderfully organized.

If you are looking at one of the connections that depart Zweisimmen at 38 past the odd hours (11:38, 13:38, etc), you can opt to wait another 23 minutes and take the direct train to Bern, no change to sweat.
And of course, if you kept to your planned itinerary and you did miss the connection, its just a matter of waiting another 25 minutes or so for the next train.

Thank you so much!! Good information from all!

I looked for trains from Zweisimmen direct to Bern and did not find any on raileurope.com. Where are you looking? Thank so much.

Try the Swiss Rail web site.

Please do not use Rail Europe. Their schedules are incomplete to say the least. Laurel gave you the link to the people who actually operate the trains, SBB. Looking at this site, you can use the "advanced search" function and then click on "duration of transfer" and select longer than standard connection times.

Step one - throw away all references to RailEurope.

Step two - don't go back there.

Always look at the national rail company websites, and the Bahn for the most comprehensive Europe-wide information.

Bahn: https://www.bahn.com/i/view/GBR/en/ or various other portals

Swiss: SBB/CFF/FFS (depending on what part of Switzerland is the language spoken, hence the different initials) at http://www.sbb.ch/en/home.html and they will tell you which platform you will arrive on in Spiez and which platform the train you will change on to there will go from. Headline prices at SBB default to half price because most Swiss have half price cards. Be aware. Count the number of people that the SBB darken, out of three and see how crowded your train will be.

Now remember to not look back at RailEurope. They don't show all the trains and connections, they don't show all the cheap prices available, and they charge for things that others don't charge for. They are an expensive luxury, and as you see, all the European national train websites speak good English.

Nigel is SPOT ON! RailEurope is just a very poor resource for train tickets.